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Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name despite scandals, investigations and the use of seclusion to punish children.
A riot broke out at the Adair Regional Juvenile Detention Center on Veteran's Day 2022, resulting in assaults on both staff and inmates. Testimonies and evidence presented during a trial related ...
How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades. Story by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, and Mariam Elba, ProPublica • 28m.
Championship basketball comes to Md. youth detention facility The Department of Juvenile Services’ youth basketball tournament is meant to give players a chance at positivity. April 14, 2025 ...
Louisville's detained youth often housed hundreds of miles away. This year marks half a decade since Louisville Metro closed its youth detention center due to budget cuts, ending its anomalous ...
Nalisha Gibbs, center, becomes emotional while speaking during a press conference among other survivors of sexual abuse in Maryland juvenile detention centers, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Baltimore.
Thousands allege sexual abuse in youth detention centers. It could cost Maryland a huge sum A new state law has eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse claims.
Nalisha Gibbs, center, becomes emotional while speaking during a press conference among other survivors of sexual abuse in Maryland juvenile detention centers, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Baltimore.
The state closed Hickey’s youth treatment program in 2005, but it’s still operating as a youth detention center. ... He’s studied philosophy and published two books.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Arlando “Tray” Jones was a toddler when his dad was killed by Baltimore police during a robbery. His mom died several years later after battling alcoholism.